IP Library Granted Patent US 10,026,264
Granted Patent B2
US 10,026,264 · App. 15/632,943 · Granted Jul 17, 2018

Resource management gambling hybrid gaming system

Inventors: Miles Arnone (Sherborn, MA); Caitlyn Ross (Watertown, MA)
Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC
G07F17/3244G07F17/3211G07F17/3225
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,026,264
App. No.
15/632,943
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resource management entertainment game including a terminal, a player acquires and consumes resources to achieve a goal. An entertainment system engine of the gambling hybrid game provides player selection of wager denomination, the resource management entertainment game and determines when an interaction with a game element occurs in the game. A game world engine of the gambling hybrid game determines when a gambling event in a gambling game is to be provided based upon the interaction with game element in the resource management entertainment game. The game world engine then requests that a real world engine of the gambling hybrid game resolve the gambling event in the gambling game. The real world engine resolves the gambling event and associated wagers on the outcome of the gambling event.

Claims (22)

1. A gaming system comprising:

a terminal including an entertainment software engine constructed to:

receive from a player a contribution of a credit;

receive from a player a selection of a wagering denomination associated with a resource game element;

execute a resource management entertainment game, wherein the resource management entertainment game is a game where a player acquires and consumes the resource game element to achieve a goal;

display a received wager result;

a real world engine constructed to provide a gambling game in which the credit is wagered; and

a game world engine connected to the entertainment software engine and the real world engine, the game world engine constructed to:

receive, from the entertainment software engine, the selection of the wagering denomination;

receive a request for a wager, the request being triggered by a player interaction with the resource game element in the resource management entertainment game;

communicate, to the real world engine, the wager request;

receive, from the real world engine, a wager result; and

communicate, to the entertainment software engine, the wager result.

2. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the resource game element is an enabling element, the enabling element being the resource game element that enables play of the resource management entertainment game by the player.

3. The gaming system of claim 1 wherein the resource game element is an actionable element that is consumed and not restorable during play of the resource management entertainment game.

4. The gaming system of claim 1 wherein the player selects an account version associated with a player account storing player information.

5. The gaming system of claim 1 wherein the player selects a host version account, wherein a real world credit is entered on a per-play basis.

6. The gaming system of claim 1 wherein the player selects a host version account, wherein a game world credit is entered on a per-play basis.

7. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the credit is a currency fungible instrument.

8. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the credit is a game world credit.

9. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the credit is an enabling element of an entertainment game running on the entertainment software engine.

10. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the game world engine and the real world engine are constructed from the same device.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2020
From: GAMBLIT GAMING, LLC
To: SPV 47, LLC
Reel/Frame 053122/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2020
From: GAMBLIT GAMING, LLC
To: SPV 47, LLC
Reel/Frame 051973/0476 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2018
From: GAMBLIT GAMING, LLC
To: SPV 47, LLC
Reel/Frame 045888/0454 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15191050 · Jun 23, 2016
Continuation 14836902 · Aug 26, 2015
Continuation PCTUS2014017798 · Feb 21, 2014
Provisional Application 61769314 · Feb 26, 2013
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